EHPAD

\e.pad\

/\e.pad\/ noun

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The verdict

“EHPAD” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,194
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ehpad · EHPAD · French

EHPAD · rank #23,194 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,194
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eagles

Nearest frequency peer: eagles (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « EHPAD »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « EHPAD » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

EHPAD vs EPA
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for EHPAD
PropertyValue
HeadwordEHPAD
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.pad\
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,194
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « EHPAD »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).EHPADse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « eagles » (#23,193), « empruntent » (#23,195), « détournée » (#23,192). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « EHPAD » est au #23,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around EHPAD (IPA \e.pad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,194 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for EHPAD, with forms such as "ehapd", "ehhpad", and "ehpadd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "EPA", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is EHPAD, spelled E-H-P-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how EHPAD appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une rapide prospection l'amena vers cet EHPAD proche de Grasse et qui était situé de plus sur la route de son travail. L'emplacement était idéal. La chambre était apaisante, située au rez-dejardin et donnant directement sur un très beau parc arboré.
  2. J'prends mon vélo le matin, et j'vais voir ma mère à l'EHPAD.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehapd
  • ehhpad
  • ehpadd
  • ehpda
  • ehppad
  • ephad
  • hepad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of EHPAD - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ehapd2ehhpad1ehpadd1ehpda2ehppad1ephad2hepad2
Edit distance from "EHPAD"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "EHPAD"?
"EHPAD" is spelled E-H-P-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pad\.
What does "EHPAD" mean?
As a noun, "EHPAD" means: Établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes.
What words are commonly confused with "EHPAD"?
"EHPAD" is commonly confused with "EPA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "EHPAD"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "EHPAD" is \e.pad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "EHPAD" come from?
"EHPAD" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "EHPAD", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dénué#23,187every#23,202faith#23,210croie#23,159

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

eagles7 variantsennuyé7 variantsexpire7 variantsfougue7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list